Mina Laamo

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Mina Laamo

Born 1978-01-01

Mina Laamo is a Finnish director, screenwriter and producer. Laamo graduated from the University of Helsinki in 2012, majoring in General Literature and Gender Studies and from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography of the Aalto University with a Master of Arts degree, majoring in Documentary Film in 2015.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

In the Borderland poster
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The Russian attack on Ukraine in 2022 turned the European worldview upside down. In Parikkala, a small town in Eastern Finland near the Russian border, this soon becomes very real as the iron curtain lowers again on the Finno-Russian border. The locals are faced both with a future that is unknown and the heavy historical baggage of the borderland.

In the Borderland

2025

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The Pests is a documentary film about us, the pests and our need for order.

The Pests

2007

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The Pests is a documentary film about us, the pests and our need for order.

The Pests

2007

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6.0

Becoming Me is a film about three young women, Elli, Laura and Juulia. Each of them writes a blog on her life on the Internet, all of them sharing their lives with strangers. Each of them is struggling with the real or imagined demands and pressures of today’s society.

Becoming Me

2014

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6.0

Becoming Me is a film about three young women, Elli, Laura and Juulia. Each of them writes a blog on her life on the Internet, all of them sharing their lives with strangers. Each of them is struggling with the real or imagined demands and pressures of today’s society.

Becoming Me

2014

Sorrow Tamers poster
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Sorrow Tamers is a documentary about people who have chosen to face sorrow without avoiding it or running away from it. The film is about love, change, sorrow and abandonment.

Sorrow Tamers

2022

Sorrow Tamers poster
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Sorrow Tamers is a documentary about people who have chosen to face sorrow without avoiding it or running away from it. The film is about love, change, sorrow and abandonment.

Sorrow Tamers

2022

Sorrow Tamers poster
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Sorrow Tamers is a documentary about people who have chosen to face sorrow without avoiding it or running away from it. The film is about love, change, sorrow and abandonment.

Sorrow Tamers

2022